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US – USITC begins process to incorporate changes into HTS

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On August 21, 2014, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it has instituted Investigation No. 1205-11, Recommended Modifications in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule to Conform with Amendments to the Harmonized System Recommended by the World Customs Organization, and to Address Other Matters, pursuant to section 1205 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 (the 1988 Act) (19 U.S.C. § 3005), in order to recommend to the President modifications in the Harmonized Tariff…

WCO – Dates and draft agenda for 54th session of the Harmonized System Committee of the WCO

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On August 6, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Customs Bulletin and Decisions the dates and draft agenda for the fifty-fourth session of the Harmonized System Committee (HSC) of the World Customs Organization (WCO). The HSC is composed of representatives from each of the contracting parties to the Harmonized System Convention. The HSC’s responsibilities include issuing classification decisions on the interpretation of the Harmonized System. Those decisions may take the form…

WCO Council adopts HS 2017

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On 11 July 2014, the WCO announced that the WCO Council, at its 123rd/124th Sessions in June 2014, adopted a Recommendation that lists recommended amendments to the Harmonized System (HS) nomenclature which will enter into force on 1 January 2017 (HS 2017). The announcement stated: This Recommendation is being promulgated under the provisions of Article 16 of the HS Convention, which implies that HS Contracting Parties now have six months to notify the WCO Secretariat…